A Snaphot Of Standard For all of the casual, Limited, and Eternal players who read this column, heres a brief overview of what Standard looks like right now: Mono-Black Devotion: High quality removal, discard spells, and card draw paired with Pack Rats and Gray Merchant of Asphodels to finish the game
Hatred outlives the hateful
We even have a little removal with Hidden Dragonslayer and a little bounce with Thousand Winds
Dimir Midrange is slightly favored, but they can still do their come out of the gates fast and back it up with interaction that you lose to
Each land drop doubles its power, and with trample it turns ramp into raw combat damage, making every spell feel like a direct threat instead of setup
If you have a creature with 4+ power you get a [[Force Spike]] (not the best card but always fun when you can get your opponents)